Improvement in stove-mats



C. A. REIMERS & I. C. BRAUCH. STOVE-M AT.

No. 190,901. Patented May15, 1877.

WITNESSES N PEIERS. PHOTD-LITNDGRAFIIER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE,

CHRISTIAN A. REIMERS AND JOHN G. BRAUOH, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-M ATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,901, dated May 15, 1877; application filed April 14, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN A. REIM- ERS and JOHN C. BRAUCH, of Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Stove-Mat; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our improved stove-mat is formed of a wooden body and zinc or other sheet-metal cover therefor. The two are connected at the edge by a flange spun on the zinc cover. A bead is spun, or otherwise formed, on the zinc cover, and a wire is laid in the corresponding groove on the under side of the zinc, thus forming a raised rim on the mat, which cannot v be indented or flattened by pressure,

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a cross-sec tion, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of the stove-mat.

The wooden body A of the mat or board has a thick or raised edge, a, and the zinc cover B is attached thereto by spinning its edge over the beveled edge of the body, and also by means of the tin or other flexible central fastening b.

A bead, d, is spun, pressed, or stamped in the cover 0, and a wire, 6, is laid in the groove thus formed on the under side of the cover. The head forms a rim which prevents the feet of the stove-legs slipping off the mat, and also retains water or other liquid which may be spilled on or near the stove. The wire a prevents the rim or bead being indented or flattened by pressure or blows.

What we claim is- The combination of the wire with the body A of the mat, and zinc cover B, having the bead 61, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

CHRISTIAN AUGUST REIMERS. JNO. G. BRAUOH. Witnesses to both signatures:

PETER GOLDSOHMIDT, H. L. W. OARsTENs. 

